New Fiction, Mystery & Science Fiction
June 2025

New Fiction
Flashlight 
by Susan Choi

The author of Trust Exercise follows a father's disappearance across time, nations and memory.
The Poppy Fields
by Nikki Erlick

A speculative story of healing, self-discovery, forgiveness and found friendship.
The stolen life of Colette Marceau
by Kristin Harmel

A new historical novel features two jewel thieves, a priceless bracelet that disappears in 1940s Paris and a quest for answers in a decades-old murder.
The homemade god
by Rachel Joyce

During a sweltering European heatwave, four siblings gather at their family lake house to investigate the mysterious death of their renowned artist father -- who vanished after remarrying a younger woman, leaving behind an unfinished masterpiece -- while confronting long-hidden familial wounds and an enigmatic stepmother's influence.
The river is waiting
by Wally Lamb

Corby Ledbetter, grappling with addiction, prison life, and the tragedy that shattered his family, finds unexpected kindness and connection behind bars, as he seeks redemption and hopes for forgiveness from those he's hurt the most.
A family matter
by Claire Lynch

A family secret changes everything for a wife following her heart, a husband with law on his side and a daughter caught in the middle. A first novel.
Atmosphere : a love story
by Taylor Jenkins Reid

In 1980, professor Joan begins training for the Space Shuttle in Houston with Top Gun pilot Hank, scientist John, mission specialist Lydia, warm-hearted Donna, and aeronautical engineer Vanessa, who become unlikely friends -- until December of 1984, on a mission when everything changes in an instant.
The listeners
by Maggie Stiefvater

June Porter Hudson struggles to maintain the elegance of the Avallon Hotel in 1942 West Virginia when it is secretly repurposed to house captured Axis diplomats, forcing her to balance wartime tensions, divided loyalties, and the covert operations of an FBI agent.
New Mystery & Thriller
Cry Havoc
by Jack Carr

Amidst the turbulent backdrop of 1968, Navy SEAL Tom Reece navigates a clandestine mission across Vietnam and beyond, uncovering a Soviet plot that threatens to reshape global power in a high-stakes tale of espionage, betrayal and brutal realism.
Death at the White Hart
by Chris Chibnall

When a pub owner is found gruesomely murdered, Detective Nicola Bridge returns to her quaint coastal hometown to uncover dark secrets hidden beneath its picturesque façade, risking the destruction of everything she thought she knew.
The Surf House
by Lucy Clarke

In an expat community of surfers in Morocco, deadly secrets threaten to breach the surface.
King of ashes
by S. A. Cosby

After returning to Jefferson Run, Virginia, and the family business, Carruthers Crematorium -- with brother Dante in debt to criminals and sister Neveah exhausted from holding everything together -- Roman discovers that his father's crash was no accident and Dante has placed them all in real danger.
Welcome to murder week
by Karen Dukess

An American woman travels to the English countryside when she discovers tickets her late mother had purchased for a murder mystery simulation in a small British town.
Don't let him in
by Lisa Jewell

When charming Nick Radcliffe enters Nina's life, her daughter Ash grows suspicious, uncovering unsettling secrets that connect them to Martha, a florist with a husband who keeps disappearing, leading all three women toward a chilling truth they never expected.
A shipwreck in Fiji
by Nilima Rao

In 1915 Fiji, Sergeant Akal Singh's assignments include investigating strange reports of Germans on the neighboring island of Ovalau; chaperoning two strong-willed European ladies; and supervising the only police officer on Ovalau, an excitable 18-year-old constable, while facing an unpopular local's death and imprisoned Norwegian sailors.
Kill your darlings
by Peter Swanson

Wendy and Thom's marriage is told in reverse, moving backward to witness key moments from the couple's lives --their fiftieth birthday party, their son's birth, the mysterious death of a colleague -- all painting a portrait of a marriage defined by a terrible act they plotted together years ago.
New Science Fiction & Fantasy
The witch roads
by Kate Elliott

When an arrogant prince (with his equally arrogant entourage) gets stuck in Orledder Halt as part of brutal political intrigue, competent and sunny deputy courier Elen -- once a child slave meant to shield noblemen from the poisonous Pall -- is assigned to guide him through the hills to reach his destination.
Bury our bones in the midnight soil
by Victoria Schwab

From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue comes a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger.
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